FOOLS RUSH IN. By MARY GAUNT and J.R. ESSEX. 'A live story, full of the stir and stress of existence on the fringe of civilization, very vividly and interestingly written.'--_Sketch._ JOSEPH VANCE. By WILLIAM DE MORGAN. 'Humorous, thoughtful, pathetic, and thoroughly entertaining.... Fresh, original, and unusually clever.'--_Athenaeum._ MOONFACE, AND OTHER STORIES. By JACK LONDON. 'Jack London at his best.'--_Standard._ LOVE'S TRILOGY. By PETER NANSEN. 'Humour the author possesses, and tenderness. Sensibility he has, and shrewd sense. The tale "God's Peace" shows that he has a soul.'--_Evening Standard._ LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 21, BEDFORD STREET. * * * * * [Illustration: At last I said "Good morning."] GHETTO COMEDIES by ISRAEL ZANGWILL Author of 'The Grey Wig,' 'Dreamers of the Ghetto,' 'The Master,' 'Children of the Ghetto,' 'Ghetto Tragedies,' etc. With Illustrations by J.H. Amschewitz [Illustration] London William Heinemann 1907 Copyright by William Heinemann, 1907 TO MY OLD FRIEND M.D. EDER NOTE Simultaneously with the publication of these 'Ghetto Comedies' a fresh edition of my 'Ghetto Tragedies' is issued, with the original title restored. In the old definition a comedy could be distinguished from a tragedy by its happy ending. Dante's Hell and Purgatory could thus appertain to a 'comedy.' This is a crude conception of the distinction between Tragedy and Comedy, which I have ventured to disregard, particularly in the last of these otherwise unassuming stories. I.Z. SHOTTERMILL, _April, 1907._ CONTENTS PAGE THE MODEL OF SORROWS 1 ANGLICIZATION 49 THE JEWISH TRINITY 89 THE SABBATH QUESTION IN SUDMINSTER 119 THE RED MARK 173 THE BEARER OF BURDENS 193 THE LUFTMENSCH 225 THE TUG OF LOVE 249 THE YIDDISH 'HAMLET' 259 THE CONVERTS 293 HOLY WEDLOCK 313 ELIJAH'S GOBLET 335 THE HIRELINGS 351 SAMOOBORONA 375 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AT LAST I SAID 'GOOD MORNING' _Frontispiece_ _To face page_ 'I WORK ON--ON _SHABBOS_' 142